[charlesju]

Keyboard is definitely fine. I don't notice any issue with it when I travel and am forced to type on it.

But in general, I don't type on the Macbook when I travel. I usually have an ergo set up with a portable keyboard and touch pad and laptop stand.

Portable Apple Keyboard: http://a.co/d/4mKQqL1

Portable Apple Touchpad: http://a.co/d/acoXyuK

Portable Laptop Stand: http://a.co/d/2GSLqIa

[logicallee]

did you use previous generations of macbook (before the butterfly keyboard was introduced) such as 2012? how does it compare?

I find it odd that you say it's fine if you're "forced to" use it, like your standard for a laptop keyboard isn't one that you should be able to use regularly (and you mention bringing your own). was wondering why you have this attitude...

[brandall10]

I've had all generations of keyboards on multiple machines going back to the 1st gen Macbook Pro (early 2008).

I type just as fast on the butterfly mechanism as any other, a consistent 90wpm with no mistakes and scattershot up to about 130 wpm during programming. I've been at this speed for about 2 decades now, going all the way back to using a vintage model M keyboard, an AEII keyboard, etc.

I sometimes go back and forth between my newer MBPs and a 2014 I still have. It takes about an hour of adjustment to get my speed up when switching.

[logicallee]

Thanks for this detailed info. (I type at similar speeds as you.) So when you use the butterfly keyboard at a cafe for example, is your initial feeling a bit of frustration (ah this again), since you did use the expression "forced to use it"...

[brandall10]

I don't really have much of a preference TBH. That slightly less action actually translates into a bit less work... my touch lightens and my fingers move less. I don't think I could live with the 1st gen used on the original 12" Macbooks though.